BangNa - Trad roadworks

[brummiebob]

Has anyone taken the Bangna Trad road to Bangkok without using the Buraphawithi expressway recently?

I know there are roadworks that basically makes the whole roads unpassable in sections, but since that's been going on for a good part of the year now, has the situation improved?

I am not a cheap charlie, but it's the only direct road to Bangkok that's available to motorcycles, the other way would be to take a detour to Cha-Choensao or pretend to not know the law and take the Highway 7 Motorway and paty 1,000 baht fine at the tolls (and might not be able to go all the way)